CONFERENCE IS TOLD THAT OFFENDERS WHO SERVE THEIR TIME SHOULD GET A SECOND CHANCE IN SOCIETY.

15 September 2016

Offenders who have served their time and want to make
a change to their lives should be given a chance by society.
That's the message from a conference taking place in Cork city
over the next two days which is being hosted by ,
the Cork Alliance Centre.
Experts and those with their own personal experience will look at
the process of desisting from crime and how to develop
the idea that a person can change.
Minister of State David Stanton is addressing the gathering today while
President Michael D Higgins will deliver the keynote address tomorrow.
Cork Alliance Centre has supported almost
2,000 people since it was set up in 2003.